diff --git a/.github/workflows/php-check-syntax.yml b/.github/workflows/php-check-syntax.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..edf16c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/php-check-syntax.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Check PHP syntax
+
+on: [ push, pull_request ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        php-versions: ['7.3', '7.4', '8.0', '8.1', '8.2', '8.3', 'highest']
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php-versions }}
+
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - run: composer run check-syntax
diff --git a/.github/workflows/php.yml b/.github/workflows/php.yml
index 1ddd9ac..acd5e2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/php.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/php.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        php-versions: [ '7.3', '8.0', '8.3' ]
+        php-versions: [ '7.3', 'highest' ]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         if: steps.composer-cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress
+        run: composer install --no-progress
 
       - name: Run test suite
         run: composer run-script test
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d10314c..e98cda4 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
       "classmap": ["AltoRouter.php"]
    },
    "scripts": {
-     "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit"
+     "test": "vendor/bin/phpunit",
+         "check-syntax": "find . -name '*.php' -not -path './vendor/*' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 php -l"
    }
 }